Garbage-can container



GARBAGE- CAN CONTAINER Filed Nov. 28, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 firs--2- MMY m 4,, W 4, M X

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Patented Feb. 10, 1931 7 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARBAGE-CmCONTAINER Application filed November 28, 1928. Serial No. 322,807.

The present invention relates to garbage .can containers andparticularly to such containers as are adapted to be secured to a fence,or other such defining wall, and in B which the arrangement is such thataccess may be had to the interior of the container from both sides ofthe fence or wall.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved container of thischaracter.

A further object is to provide such a container, with parts socoordinated and related, that the can may be attended from both sides ofthe'fence with a minimum of exertion on the part of the attendants.

A further object is to provide a device of this character durable andstrong and which may be manufactured at a small cost.

' A still further object of the invention is to rovide a containerwhich, when closed, wil be effectively sealed against the escape ofodors and against the ingress of insects, rodents and the like.

The garbage can container, constituting my invention and in which theabove objects are accomplished, comprises an enclosure, preferably ofsheet metal, which may be attached to one side of a fence to cover anopening formed therein for removal and re lacement of a garbage can fromthe alle si e of the fence and an open top throng which the garbage canmay e removed from the container on the inside of the fence. The opentop is preferably closed by a double and secondary covers, the formerbeing designed to permit removal of the can and the latter to permitinsertion of garbage refuse and the like with the primary coverremaining closed.

urther facilities, in the operation and'attending of the aboveconstruction, comprise the addition of accessories so that the secondacover may be raised by an attendant wlthout the use of the hands and thearrangement of a closure for the opening in the fence in such a mannerthat the attendant on the alley side may have ready and non-laboriousaccess to the garbage can.

may be made of sheet metal-and the concover, which may be known as theprimary 1 Fi ure 5 is a detail fragmenta The closure for the opening inthe fencealterations thereof except the cutting of a 5 hole in the fenceand the mounting of a suitable pulle above the o ening, over which acable may 0 trained i desired to facilitate opening this closure.

Also the cover lids will be so constructed t as to prevent the escape ofodors from the can by providing suitable flanges thereon which embracerespectively the upper end of the can and a lip ridge around the openingin the primary cover; i

A detail of the invention of considerable importance is the constructionof the secondary cover to facilitate its assembly with a lever arm bywhich it may be raised and lowered. This feature constitutes a notch inthe secondary cover adapted to receive a pin which is removably mountedin the arm and a recess adjacent the arm to provide space for insertionof the in into an aperture in the arm, in assembllng the parts.

The accompanying drawings represent an embodiment of the princi les ofmy invention together with a modi cation of one feature thereof. Inthese drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the can container made in accordancewith present invention. 1

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the same, in these two views the fenceto which the container is attached is shown fragmentarily.

Figure 3 is a top plane view of the same.

Figure 4 is a vertical section through the fence and through thecontainer on a central line as indicated by the numerals 44 in Fig ure3.

view showing the construction of a part 0 the secondary cover andillustrating the manner of attaching the same to the o erating leverrod.

Figure 6 is a further etail view illustrative of the same feature asthat shown in Figure 5.

Figure 7 illustrates a device similar to that shown in Figures 1 to 6inclusive but illustrates the same as equipped with-a side cloandadaptaplan view of the can as attached to a fence.

Referring to the drawings in detail by reference numerals, designates afence to which the container 11 is attached by means of flanges 12. Thefence is provided with an opening registering with the open side of thecontainer. 1

The lower end of the container is closed by a bottom wall 15 while theupper end is open and provided with a closure designated as a whole bythe reference numeral 16. i

The closure 16 is supported by a bar 17 attached to the sidewalls of thecontainer as by rivets or bolts as indicated at 17a. Flanges 18 and 19are preferably formed thereon extending respectively upwardly anddownwardly from the bar and a primary cover 20 hingedly secured to thebar 17 as by the pivotally connected ears 21 and 22 formed respectivelyupon the bar 17 and the cover 20.

These ears are made to project at opposite inclinations and to havetheir extremities overlapping as shown in Figure 3 of the drawings andare adapted to be secured together in pairs by bolts 23 extendin throughaligned apertures in the ears and held against displacement by nuts 24.

he primary cover is provided marginally with a groove 25 formed by twodownwardly rojecting ribs 26 and 27 ,the former being designed to lieexteriorly of the walls of the container and the other to lie withinsaid walls, the inner flange 27 being of greater extent than the outerflange and being ada ted to sit fairly snugly against the inner we 1 ofthe container. This arrangement provides an effective seal againstescape of odors from the can and the ingress of flies and etc, thereto.The extent of the read removal of the garbage can placed within thecontainer.

The primary cover is provided with a central opening 28 which issurrounded. on the upper surface of the cover with an annular rib 29 andon its underside with a downwardly directed funnel like flange 30- soconstructed that it will direct garbage or the like deposited thereininto can neath. Such a can is shown in Figure 4 and designated by thenumeral 31.

The opening 28 of the rimary cover is normally closed by a secon arycover 32 hinged to the primary cover in a manner which will behereinafter described and provided with a marginal flange 33 extendingdownwardly and adapted to snugly encircle the rib 29 referred to above.The hinge construction by which the secondary cover is secured to the onthe fence bore through which the rod 37 extends primary coverpermitsplaced therebe-x primary cover comprises ears 34 formed on theprimary cover and an extension 35 extending rearwardly from thesecondaryvcover and preferably formed'integral therewith and with a bore36 through which a rod 37 constituting a part of a lever arm ma bepassed. This lever arm is extended beyon the side of the primary coverand is formed at its projecting end with a crank arm 38.

The secondary cover 32 issecured to this rod for rotation therewith bymeans of a pin 39 inserted through an aperture 40 in the rod and restingin a notch 41 formed in the extension 35; this notch being offset fromand in communication witha second notch 42 opening in the bottom side ofthe extenv sion 35. y

The arrangement of these notches to th;

1s 0 considerable importance in the assembly of the parts which is asfollows. The rod 37 is pro ected through the apertures in.the ears 34and through the bore in the extension 35 after the same have beenbrought into ali ment. But before the rod has been extend d d to itslimit at which the shoulder 37a formed thereon will abut against theadjacent ear 34, and while the aperture 40 is lyin in the larger notch42, the pin 39 is inserted into the aperture 40. The rod is thenextended to its full limit and the where it will be held by the nut-I43which is then threaded to the end of the rod 37 as shown in Fi re 3. Bythis construction the pin 39 Willa prevented from dislodgment from theaperture 40 and the rod 37 and will afford connection by which theseconda cover 32 is forced to turn with the rotation of the rod 37.

By this arrangement the assembly of the secondary cover with the primarycover is facilitated and the accidental disconnection of these two partsone from the other is revented, while the turning of the secon coverwith the rod 37 is insured.

It frequently happens, when the housewife carries the garbage to thegarbage can, that both hands are occupied and it is ordinarily necessaryfor her to set the vessel down whic she is carrying in order to lift thecover'prior to depositing the garbage in the can 31. 'The necessity forthis I have overcome b pivotally attaching a foot treadle or level onthe lower end of the container. Such a treadle is designated at 44 andis connected with the arm 38 through the link 45. This treadle ispreferably passed through a slot 46 formed on 4 one of the supportinglegs 57 of the container to revent treadle from becoming distorted ordisengaged from the container.

The opening in the fence may be closed by a suitable slide door 47arranged in suitable slideways 48 formed in and extending verticallywith respect to the container and this door may have attached thereto acable 49 ary passing over a pulley 50 and having a suitable handle 51 atits end which may be grasped by the garbage collector to raise the door47. The door may be held raised in a This assures a tight closing ofthis side of the can. It will be seen that my can as constructed is of amost sanitary character and that with the various closures as arrangedwill effectively prevent the escape of fumes from the garbage and willprevent the access of flies to the garbage; which is not only unsightlybut also quite unsanitar An alternate construction 0 closure for thefence is illustrated in Figures 7 8 and 9 of the drawings in which theclosure 47?) is constructed to slide sideways instead of vertically asin the previous case. A handle 53 is provided on this closure which isconstructed to slide on tracks 54 and 56 extending lat- 1111 one erallyfrom the rear of the casing said casat the top and one at the bottom 0The track 54 is a continuation of the flange 18, and the closure 47?) isprovided with a bent over flange 55b slidable on the flange 18 and itscontinuation in track 54 at the upper end and a flange 57 which iscontinued in the track 56 at the lower end and secured to the lower edgeof the container. The tracks 54 and 56 are of course substantially inthe same vertical plane and the left side of the container 11a viewedfrom the front, is provided rearwardly with a laterally projecting andvertically extending flange or rib 58 and the closure is provided with alapped over flange 59 providing a groove adapted to receive this rib 58therein when the closure is in closed position. The other side of theclosure is snugly received in a groove 60 formed at the other side ofthe casing. In this manner the closure is made substantially proofagainst the escape of odors and against the ingress of flies, gnats,rodents and the like. This type of device is particularly adapted to usewith low fences where the construction shown in Figures 1 to 6 inclusivewould be out of the question.

In this modification of the device the bar 17 is attached to the fenceby means of a bracket 61 placed on the end thereof at the side of thecontainer toward the tracks 54 and 56. The bracket 61 is formed so as tostradthe container and the attendant from the alley side collects thesame. In doing so, he slides the closure 47b to the side and removes thecan 31, emptying the same and closing the door 476.

The device in either construction is fly proof, rodent proof andsubstantially odor proof.

The present embodiments as shown in the drawings are to be considered asmerely illustrative ofthe principles of my invention and I do not wishto be limited in the scope and a plication of these principles except asI shal be limited by the-scope of the appended claims.

IVhat I claim is: r

1. In connection with a garbage can a closure therefor, a rod connectedto the closure, said closure having a notch formed eccentricallytherein, and a pin extending from the rod and fitting snugly in saidnotch,

said cover havin a recess communicating with the notch and of the cover.

2. The combination with a wall having an opening therethrongh, acontainer secured to the inner side of the wall and having an opening inregister with the opening in the wall and with a top opening, a rece'tacle, the said openings being roportioned or the passage therethroughof the receptacle, a closure for the side opening sliding verticallybetween the wall and the container, a pulley in thewall elevated abovethe openin of the wall, a cable having connection wit the slidingclosure within the wall, means for manual engagement with the cablewithout the wall, and means for engagement with the cable to hold theclosure in open position.

opening on the underside name to this specification.

MORRIS SCHARF.

In testimony whereof I have signed my

